The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-04-13

from senator Reagan In which he comes out
squarely for prohibition.
George C. Clarke, prominent citizen of Chi.
cago for nearly thirty years, expired last We'd
neSday at Thomasvil, Ga.
The eyes of Europe are on the Car. The
autocrat says he is ready to fight, but doesn't
think he will do so this year.
The Senate Of Pennsylvania has passed bill
providing that murderers OF the first degree
may be put to death by electricity.
Clara Sclag, who attempted suicide with car
bollc acid in New York Tuesday last, repeated
the dose Saturday night and died.
boot and shoe house of S. n. Brickhouse. of Nor-
folk, Va, with liabilities oil $4,000.
The vacant Under Secretaryship for Ireland
has been given to Colonel King Hartman, mem
Der OF Parliament for the Isle of Thenet.
John W. Davis, the Democratic candidate for
Governor of Rhode Island, has a majority of 97S
The woman-suffrage amendment was defeated.
DR.. Nathan NJ. Thomas, one OF the pioneers OF
Michigan and a famous abolitionist, died at
Schoolcraft last week, aged eighty-four years.
Natural gas was found in hIIl near West
COvingtOn, Ky, at adepth OF $50 feet Money
has been subscribed to sink well at Laporte,
On a farm near Chatham, Ill, a quarrel be-
tween the Warford brothers resulted in the muir
der Of William and the attempted suicide of
Joseph.
General T. W. Conway. the temperance organ.
izer, died suddenly in New York. Clemens Os-
kamp. leading Jeweler of Cincinnati expired
from paralysis.
The late Miss Cathariue L. Wolfe. of New
York, has bequeathed to the Metropolitan Mu-
scum OF Art her collection of pictures and
,OCO in cash.
The city OF Peoria owns a sulphur well eigh-
teen hundred feet deep. The Mayor has been
instructed to bore it still further in the hope
OF obtaining gas.
The Canadian cruiser Vigilant recently fred
blank shot at an American fishing vessel
within the three-mile limit at Beaver Harbor
but failed to stop her.
The wife of John Hegener a barber OF Min
neapolis, went to st. Paul Wednesday and shot
John Murphy in the head for making SANDER
GUS statements to her husband.
James G. Blaine lies i'll at Fort Gibson with
fever, and physician was sent from st. Louis
by special train. The latest adyices show no
cause for alarm as to the result
Colonel ID. W. Aiken, who represented a South
Carolina district in Congress- for five terms, died
Wednesday at his home in Cokesbury. He took
high rank as a scientific farmer.
Resolutions of sympathy with the efforts of
Gladstone and Parnell 10 secure the rights Of
Ireland were recently adopted by the LegiSla-
lures OF Delaware and New Jersey.
A. L. Bowser, of Hagerstown, Nd, on being
caught in the act OF rObbing the money-drawer
OF store which he had entered. drew q revolver
and killed himse elf Wednesday night.
The French Government has ordered one of
its West Indian feet to P0rt-au-Prnce to protect
European citizens in the event OF an uprising
against the demands Of Great Britain.
The semi-annual payment of annuity to the
Delaware Indians made last week at Vinita,
was followed by general debauch, and ended
by the murder of a white man by an Indian.
large party OF stock breeders called at the
White House recently and invited President
Cleveland to attend the National Horse, Cattle
and Hog Convention to be held next fall in Chi
cago.
Patrick McCarty was hanged Friday at Fort
Smith, by the United States Marshal. for the
murder OF the Mahoney brothers in Indian Ter
ritory. Schade Scarborough was executed at
Clayton, Ala.
The Beecber Memorial Committee OF Brook
Ign has Invited Rev. Dr. Joseph Parker. of Lon
don, to cross the Atlantic and deliver an Grafton
in June, probably on the birthday of the de-
ceased pastor.
In hotel on West Lake street. Chicago, Alvin
Hill lost his life BY blowing out the gas; and his
by vigorous work They are merchants at Pleas
ant Mills Ind.
David Armor, aged twenty-six, employed by
j. II. Dinner, cap manufacturer, Boston, Satur-
day stepped forward, as he thought, upon the
elevator, falling to the bottom of the shaft, in
slant death resulting.
Michael Dayitt and wife were presented with
furnished cottage on kidney Bay as wedding
present. The donors were Irish and American.
The furnishings included a fine piano and
portrait OF Mr.. Davitt.
Live stock freights eastward from Chicago re-
main substantially the same as before the inter
state com merce law took effect. 1t is said that
the rate on distIlery cattle from Peoria has been
advanced from $40 to S2i per car.
The Interstate Commerce Commission, after
listening to the appeals of various Southern
railways has suspended in that section for
period OF ninety days, the operation OF the long
and short haul section OF the law.
1t is said that special British envoy has pre-
sented 10 the Haytian Government demand
for the payment of Sl,000,000 on old claims or
the cegsiOn Of T0rtugaS Island, under threat OF
bombardment of the principal ports within hve
days.
boarding house at Bridgeport, Connecticut,
| twenty-three persons were driven into the
streets in their night-ctothes. Four of the num-
Der were injured by leaping or scorched by
flame.
The President has appointed as Commissioners
to investigate the affairs ofthe Pacific Railroads,
under the act passed by the last Congress,
| Robert Z. PattisOn, of Pennsylvania; z. Euery
| Anderson, of New York. and David TsLittler, OF
Illinois.
4 Arthur Terry has been brought back from
1 New Orleans to Aurora, Ill, 70 answer the
/ charge of poisoning his vile. The Coroners
Jury returned verdict recommending that he
be held for the crime, and he was placed in jail
at Geneva.
C. Arnold, Marshal OF Dallas, Texas, started
il from Chicago with prisoner named Peet, but
treated him so brutality on an Alton train that
Il they were put OF at Brighton Park. Wednesday
II morning Arnold hurried his man out OF reach
i of writof habeas corpus which had been is
Il sued.
The American Fishery Union recently sug.
gested to President Cleveland the closing g. OF
! cient measure of retaliation. The CHIEF execu-
! tive, in q lengthy reply, reminds the union that
! the retaliation proposed is not designed for the
| protection of any particular interest, but to
| maintain The national honor.
The Interstate Commerce Commission has
! aided sevc III names to the list OF Southern
! roirfs torn rarily exempted from the provi-
4 sions a. tnr mort and long haul clause, as also
| the Gan daven route to Milwaukee. The
SOuthei ife people asked q ruling to enable
| them to- Che competition OF the Suez Canal
| on Chin, nd Japanese freight, and were adj
yised Il Ae case must be formally presented
by petite.
At the ell se of the week there was a more
1 active movement in general merchandise than
/ usual There was also some increase IN pro-
| duce lines, but without changes oil importance
| in the prices OF provisions grain or 0ur. Gro
ceries were steady: Dairy products were un-
| changed. In banking circles business was large
| in volume, with money active and close, but
| with less shiftingIOf loans. Exchange was heavy,
| but closed firmer under less pressure. Local
| securities were quiet. Stocks in New York
were dull and Irregular.